Off to Tampa!

All of you non-Toy Story fanatics can scroll through these next pictures, but there's a few of you (Beth - you've GOT to show Harrison these!!!!) that will appreciate them like we did!!!
Can you see my boys standing on Buzz's feet? It will give you an idea of how HUGE this thing was!
Here's Woody!
Now who in the world would hang a baby on Rex the dinosaur??? Who thinks that Katy was ANYWHERE near when this picture was taken?? Nope, didn't think so!!! Guess I need to supervise more!
After swimming in the pool, found another photo spot!
John and Callie. John and Jacob are two of a kind. You know how I'm always talking about how physical Jacob is - always wanting to "pet" Callie and rub her head? Well, John is the SAME way with his baby brother Matthew - and he did the same things with Callie. It was very cute.

Oh, more pictures from that Toy Story hotel. The boys by this time were quite used to being posed, so they were running around the courtyard saying "Take a picture of me in front of this one, Mom"
This is RC - the remote control car from Toy Story.


Once we got back to Tampa, we attempted some family pictures and Kim & David's neighborhood pool (isn't it beautiful?) Here's my sisters and I in the right order!!! L-R, Kimberly, Kelli, Katy, and Kristen.
Here's everyone - husbands are in the back row (L-R David Oates (Kim's hubby), Scott Roads (Kelli's hubby), and David Schrodt (Mine!)
All of Mom's grandkids!! Jacob is holding Matthew, Mary is holding Callie. In the middle is Josiah, John, and Luke.
The whole gang again!!
Mary got new flip flops from Kelli & Scott for Christmas.


Okay. You nursing moms will LOVE these pictures!!! We walked around the mall for a bit while we were waiting for our seats at Cheesecake Factory. Kim showed us their "Family Lounge" - it has a place for older kids to play with toys or watch the flat screen TV - shown in the background....
Here are 2 of the 4 diaper changing stations....toys hanging from the ceiling, had wipes warmers, bottle warmers, microwave if you need to warm up food...
...And it had these nursing stalls. Big armchairs and footstools for you to nurse in privacy!! And this was at their mall - it was pretty amazing - I LOVED It!!!
John, Josiah, and Jacob playing with John's new castle.
John with Matthew & Callie - I told you he's a lovebug!!!

I just noticed that we're out of order!!!! Anyways, this is Mom & my sisters at Cheesecake Factory for my birthday - it was a wonderful, leisurely dinner!!!
Kristen ordered vanilla ice cream for dessert....who orders anything other than cheesecake at the Cheesecake Factory???
Happy Birthday to me!
Kristen got me a running visor for my birthday - I love it!!! Oh - and notice the fog in the background? We ate outside, and as dinner progressed, it got worse and worse. It really looked like a huge fire somewhere, but it was just fog!! Bizarre!

On Saturday morning, the rest of the family enjoyed sleeping in and preparing to check-out. Kelli and I got up and had to do my long run for the week - it was 7 miles and HOT!!! It was actually fun though - we ran around several of the resorts and were able to catch each other up on the day before (they were at Epcot and we were at Magic Kingdom) and hear all about it. While on our run, we ran past the All Star Movies resort, and I noticed that one of the hotel buildings in that resort was named after Toy Story (remember how ours was "Center Court" - tennis stuff?) Well, after our run, we swam in the heated pool outside at the hotel before checking out. David and I then took the kids down to see this Toy Story hotel and what an amazing site we found in their courtyard!! The kids thought the HUGE, 3 story tall statues were incredible!!! We then all headed over to Tampa where we'd spend the rest of the weekend at Kim's house. We were able to do Christmas with them and enjoy the afternoon together. That evening, my Mom and sisters surprised me with a birthday dinner out at the Cheesecake Factory!!! It was such a wonderful surprise, and was a wonderful evening spent with them (no babies either!!!)